... AND FIVE OF THE BEST ALL-TIME TESTS

1882 v Australia, The Oval England were bowled out for 77 in their second innings chasing 85 for the win and such was the outrage at the defeat The Sporting Times published a mock obituary of English Cricket. You know the rest. 1938 v Australia, The Oval When Wally Hammond said: ‘We’ll have a bat’ at the toss, Aussie skipper Don Bradman

(top) couldn’t have imagined the declaration would come 903 runs later with records galore broken. With Bradman breaking his ankle bowling, England won by an innings and 579 runs, their largest ever. 1981 v Australia, Headingley Only Sir Ian Botham (right) and Graham Dilley really know what it means to ‘give it some humpty’ but their remarkable eighth-wicket

stand and an eight-wicket burst from Bob Willis (bottom, centre) saw England follow on and win an astonishing game. 1995 v South Africa,

Johannesburg They say Americans will never get Test cricket with five days of toil that can end in a draw, but that is their loss with Michael Atherton’s (left) rearguard 185 not out an example of why a draw can be a beautiful thing. 2005 v Australia, Edgbaston Peak Test cricket for anyone who watched this game. Two brilliant teams going hammer and tongs all summer and this two-run win was the game that defined the series. Steve Harmison (left) took the decisive wicket.